Genus
Valid Extinct

Demandasaurus

Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2011

Demandasaurus is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from early Cretaceous deposits of Spain. Demandasaurus is known from an incomplete but associated skeleton that includes cranial and postcranial remains. It was collected from the Castrillo de la Reina Formation in Burgos Province. It was first named by Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José Ignacio Canudo, Pedro Huerta, Diego Montero, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Leonardo Salgado in 2011, and the type species is Demandasaurus darwini.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Demandasaurus
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Left dentary of rebbachisaurid sauropod Demandasaurus darwini gen. et sp. nov. from Late Barremian–Early Aptian, Early Cretaceous of Tenadas de los Vallejos II, Spain, MDS−RVII,443, in lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views. The arrow indicates a depressed area in a dorsolateral position. © Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José Ignacio Canudo, Pedro Huerta, Diego Montero, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, and Leonardo Salgado · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
Demandasaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade
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Khebbashia Unranked clade
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Rebbachisaurinae Unranked clade
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Demandasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
2
Geological formations
Castrillo de la Reina
2
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Demandasaurus darwini 126 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor, J. I. Canudo, and P. Huerta, D. Montero, X. Pereda Suberbiola, L. Salgado. 2011. Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):535-552
Bibliography (2)
F. T. Fernández-Baldor, J. I. Canudo, and P. Huerta, D. Montero, X. P. Suberbiola, L. Salgado. 2011. Demandasaurus darwini, a New Rebbachisaurid Sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(6):535-552 DOI ↗
F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor, J. I. Canudo, and P. Huerta, D. Montero, X. Pereda Suberbiola, L. Salgado. 2011. Demandasaurus darwini, a new rebbachisaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):535-552